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Marie-Florentine Royer (in some sources Roger, 1869-1896), better known by her English-sounding model name Sarah Brown, probably an affectation due to her Celtic-looking long red hair and pale skin, was a French artist's model famous as the "Queen of Bohemia" in 1890s.
Royer's arrest, along with three other well known artists' models for posing scantily clad as part of 
Royer modeled for Jules Lefebrve, Georges Rochegrosse, and Frederick MacMonnies, among many others. She named as "Lily White" in the autobiography of sculptor
Marie-Florentine Royer (in some sources Roger, 1869-1896), better known by her English-sounding model name Sarah Brown, probably an affectation due to her Celtic-looking long red hair and pale skin, was a French artist's model famous as the "Queen of Bohemia" in 1890s.
Royer's arrest, along with three other well known artists' models for posing scantily clad as part of tableau vivant
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floats at the 1893 Bal des Quat'z'Arts
Bal des Quat'z'Arts ("Four Arts Ball") was a Parisian annual ball, the first held in 1892 and the last in 1966.
The event was organised by Henri Guillaume, Professor of Architecture at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts for students o ...
in Paris' Latin Quarter
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Known for its student life, lively atmosphere, and bistros, t ...
, provoked one of the most famous student riot
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s of the late nineteenth century.
Royer modeled for Jules Lefebrve, Georges Rochegrosse, and Frederick MacMonnies, among many others. She named as "Lily White" in the autobiography of sculptor Janet Scudder
Janet Scudder (October 27, 1869 – June 9, 1940), born Netta Deweze Frazee Scudder, was an American Sculpture, sculptor and painter from Terre Haute, Indiana, who is best known for her memorial sculptures, Relief#Bas-relief or low relief, bas-r ...
, in which the two women have a confrontation.
Royer settled in 4th arrondissement of Paris where she died aged 27 on 12 February 1896.Paris, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1555-1929 atabase on-line Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2021.
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